Date: Sun, 25 May 2025 16:18:23 GMT From: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 49fd622cc3 - main - developers-handbook: Correct command to build entire OS Message-ID: <202505251618.54PGIN3c027558@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by emaste: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=49fd622cc34c689eb95506eee013ac1268579590 commit 49fd622cc34c689eb95506eee013ac1268579590 Author: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2025-05-25 16:08:54 +0000 Commit: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2025-05-25 16:18:15 +0000 developers-handbook: Correct command to build entire OS `make world` and `make buildworld` do not build the kernel, so to actually compile "the entire operating system" the appropriate command is `make buildworld buildkernel`. Reported by: olce Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation --- documentation/content/en/books/developers-handbook/tools/_index.adoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/developers-handbook/tools/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/developers-handbook/tools/_index.adoc index 608851ecc7..bcae63ad03 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/developers-handbook/tools/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/developers-handbook/tools/_index.adoc @@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ In other words, this is the rule which tells make how to re-compile [.filename]# So, when you type `make`, it will make sure that [.filename]#foo# is up to date with respect to your latest changes to [.filename]#foo.c#. This principle can be extended to [.filename]#Makefile#'s with hundreds of targets-in fact, on FreeBSD, -it is possible to compile the entire operating system just by typing `make buildworld` at the top level directory in the src tree. +it is possible to compile the entire operating system just by typing `make buildworld buildkernel` at the top level directory in the src tree. Another useful property of makefiles is that the targets do not have to be programs. For instance, we could have a make file that looks like this:
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